“Strengthening the rehabilitation of prisoners through treatment”
The Prison Service of the Czech Republic ·Czechia
About this project
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt">The project will enhance convicts’ motivation to participate in intervention programmes, which, as a final goal, can decrease the risk of their relapse, through </span><span style="font-size: 11pt">the implementation of the Norwegian “Motivation Programme" to improve treatment programmes for vulnerable groups with emphasis on the integration of medical and psycho-social care, implementation of standardization of the procedures of professional care for convicted drug users and through implementation of programme focused on working with imprisoned fathers as well as on working with families and imprisoned parents (e.g. “Pappa Programme“). </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"> The project will include the following main activities: </span></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">Translation of the manual for the application of the “Motivation programme” from Norwegian into Czech and its adaptation for Czech environment.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">Training of teams of professional staff from four Czech prisons in using the “Motivation programme” and “job shadowing” in a Norwegian prison or prisons where this programme is implemented.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">Pilotage of the “Motivation programme” in four Czech prisons </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">Creating a standard procedure of substitution treatment and detoxification and its pilot verification in one prison including necessary equipment </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">Training staff members dealing with drug addict within new developed medical programmes </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">Translation of the manual for the application of the programme from Norwegian into Czech and its adaptation for Czech environment </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">Training of Prison Service staff – training of Czech lecturers of Pappa Programme in Norway </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">Pilotage of Fathers programme in four prisons </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">Creating an educational publication for parents and children (about the life of a parent in prison in collaboration with suppliers and partners, processing of publications, illustrations and graphics, followed by printing) </span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">Equipment and adjustment of appropriate spaces for the Fathers programme implementation and creation of suitable spaces inside visiting rooms suited for visits of family members in prisons.</span></span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
The project actively used the cooperation with the Norwegian Prison Service, which provided us with valuable expertise and experience with motivational programme and programme for fathers. Together, we transferred these proven methods to the Czech prison system and adapted them to the conditions in the Czech Republic. Thanks to this cooperation, we developed three new health programmes for drug users, which improved the work with convicts and provided targeted support to vulnerable groups. Our Norwegian partner played a key role in introducing innovative procedures that effectively reduce criminogenic risks, recidivism and social exclusion of released prisoners. In this way, we created better conditions for their integration into society. Thanks to joint activities, we contributed to reducing social and economic disparities in the Czech Republic, strengthened cooperation between the Czech and Norwegian prison systems and expanded professional knowledge among prison service staff.
Project partners
- The University College of the Norwegian Correctional Service (KRUS) Donor project partner· Norway
- Bastoy Prison Donor project partner· Norway
- Ila Prison Donor project partner· Norway
- Norwegian Correctional Service – Region South Donor project partner· Norway
- The Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic Project partner· Czechia